Central Elementary

Set in Belmont, California, Central Elementary is a medium-sized primary school, operated by Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary. It enrolls 437 students across grades K through 5.

Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,914 students; Central Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Central Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Asian (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% White, 23% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 5% of students at Central Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Central Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.4%, the actual is 90.5%, a residual of +14.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Mateo County put the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Central Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

The closest other public school is Nesbit Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 447 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 27% across the same window.

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